Medical Error and Human Factors Engineering: Where Are We Now?

@article{Gawron2006MedicalEA,
  title={Medical Error and Human Factors Engineering: Where Are We Now?},
  author={Valerie J. Gawron and Colin G. Drury and Rollin J. Fairbanks and Roseanne C Berger},
  journal={American Journal of Medical Quality},
  year={2006},
  volume={21},
  pages={57 - 67}
}
The goal of human factors engineering is to optimize the relationship between humans and systems by studyinghuman behavior, abilities, and limitations and using this knowledge to design systems for safe and effective human use. With the assumption that the human component of any system will inevitably produce errors, human factors engineers design systems and human/machine interfaces that are robust enough to reduce error rates and the effect of the inevitable error within the system. In this… 
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